Citations with the tag: ENDANGERED plants
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- Save the Pacific madrone.
// American Nurseryman; 2/15/96, Vol. 183 Issue 4, p16Reports on efforts by scientist to save the plant madrone (Arbutus menziesii), which has been on the decline but is considered a viable species in the urban landscape. Grants for research studies for the preservation of the Madrone; Contact information.
- Santa Cruz tarplant (Holocarpha macradenia).
// Endangered Species Update; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 19 Issue 6, Endangered Species... p42Proposes the designation opf a critical habitat for the threatened Santa Cruz tarplant in several counties in California. Physical appearance; Cause of decline in the plant's population.
- Purple Amole (Chlorogalum purpureum).
// Endangered Species Update; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 19 Issue 6, Endangered Species... p43Proposes the designation opf a critical habitat for the purple amole or Chlorogalun purpureum in California. Physical appearance; Cause of decline in the plant's population.
- Rare plants trampled in immigration crackdown.
Cohen, Philip // New Scientist; 1/4/97, Vol. 153 Issue 2063, p6Focuses on the impact of a border fence construction at the Otay Mountain in California on the endangered and rare plants in the area. Purpose of the fence to ward off illegal immigrants from Mexico; Opinions on how to solve the problems in the area.
- KEWANEE TREE GIVEN A REPRIEVE.
Cohen, Philip // American Forests; Winter2010, Vol. 115 Issue 4, p16The article discusses the move of the citizens to save the hedge tree or the Potter Farm Osage-orange, one of the town's historic trees that is in danger in Kewanee, Illinois.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora.
Cohen, Philip // Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild ; 2009, p1Presents the text of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ratified in 1973. Reasons for the Convention; Definitions of endangered flora and fauna; Regulations for trade in protected flora and fauna; Duties of countries agreeing to the terms of the...
- Homeless in Hawaii.
Cohen, Philip // Scholastic News -- Edition 3; 04/17/2000, Vol. 56 Issue 23, p2Warns about the possible extinction of plants and animals in Hawaii because of alien species.
- A Sticky Situation.
Talley, Jenell // National Parks; May/Jun2003, Vol. 77 Issue 5/6, p43Cites the factors which threaten the Chisos Mountain hedgehog cactus at Big Bend National Park, Texas. Reasons for the plant's decline, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; Description of the hedgehog cactus; Implementation of the recovery plan for the species.
- Threatened Plants of the World.
Talley, Jenell // Science World (Teacher's Edition); 04/10/2000, Vol. 56 Issue 13, pTE5Presents a chart on the number of threatened plant species.
- Return of the cactus.
Talley, Jenell // UNESCO Courier; Jun95, Vol. 48 Issue 6, p46Reports on the handing over of species of cactus to the Mexican ambassador to France so that he can return them to their place of origin in an effort to protect the endangered species of plants. Discovery in tourists' baggage by French custom officials.
- Endangered dinner.
Teitel, Martin // Sierra; Jan/Feb96, Vol. 81 Issue 1, p12Focuses on ways to prevent thousands of varieties of plants and livestocks from extinction. Includes buying brown eggs; Seeking out seeds marketed as `heirloom' or `open pollinated'; Raising chickens at home.
- Reintroduction of endangered plants.
Allen, William H. // BioScience; Feb1994, Vol. 44 Issue 2, p65Discusses the struggle to reduce damage to endangered plants. Definition of `reintroduction'; Biologists' consensus on the practice of reintroduction; Specific types of (reintroduction) plantings; Successes and failures of the methods; List of endangered plants; Problems encountered by...
- Hands off, that's no weed.
Fewer, Greg // New Scientist; 2/18/95, Vol. 145 Issue 1965, p47Points out the possibility of discovering extinct species of plants in old abandoned gardens in Great Britain. Presence of different strains of domesticated plants in Victorian vegetable plots; Recommendation of a survey involving students and volunteers from local gardening societies.
- Three Central California Plants.
Fewer, Greg // Endangered Species Update; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 19 Issue 6, Endangered Species... p42Describes three Central California plants that need to have critical habitat. La Graciosa thistle or Cirsium loncholepis; Lompoc yerba santa or Eriodictyon capitalum; Gaviota tarplant or Deinandra incresens ssp. villosa.
- San Diego Ambrosia (Ambrosia pumila).
Fewer, Greg // Endangered Species Update; May/Jun2003, Vol. 20 Issue 3, p33Reports on the listing of the rare plant in the sunflower family, San Diego Ambrosia, as endangered. Occurrences in rare sites in San Diego County and three in Riverside County in California; Factors that threaten the species.
- Thousands of world's seeds are caught out on a limb.
MacLeod, Alexander // Christian Science Monitor; 10/23/96, Vol. 88 Issue 230, p12Focuses on the efforts of the Royal Botanic Gardens in Great Britain, to help prevent plants in the country from becoming endangered. Scientists' prediction for plant existence in the world; Plant species in certain habitats more vulnerable than others; Cost of preserving the plants; Comments...
- Flash and Thunder.
Williams, Wendy // Animals; Jul/Aug2000, Vol. 133 Issue 4, p25Reports on the April 2000 decision of the delegates to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora to control the trade in mantella frogs from Madagascar.
- DON'T CUT THE MUSTARD.
Wangersky, Russell // Canadian Geographic; Nov/Dec2000, Vol. 120 Issue 7, p28Focuses on the endangered plant species called Fernald's braya that can only be found in Newfoundland. Challenges posed by the endangered plants awareness program; Amount of money raised for its conservation.
- CITES chief removed in scandal over trade in banned species.
Masood, Ehsan // Nature; 7/9/98, Vol. 394 Issue 6689, p112Announces that Izgrev Topkov, secretary-general of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), has been removed from his post, along with two other members of the CITES. The dismissals authorized, following two investigations; Details about the...
- Yorkshire's threatened plants: Northern Hawk's-beard Crepis mollis.
Walker, Kevin; Robinson, Linda // Naturalist (00280771); May-Aug2011, Vol. 136 Issue 1077, p90The article presents information on the threatened plants of Yorkshire, Crepis Mollis locally known as Northern Hawk's-beard. It is a tall herb of hay-meadows found on base-rich soils in the uplands of Northern England. The Botanical Society of the British Isles (BSBI) conducted a survey of its...
- Three Central California Plants.
Walker, Kevin; Robinson, Linda // Endangered Species Update; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 19 Issue 6, Endangered Species... p42Describes three Central California plants that need to have critical habitat. La Graciosa thistle or Cirsium loncholepis; Lompoc yerba santa or Eriodictyon capitalum; Gaviota tarplant or Deinandra incresens ssp. villosa.
- Kneeland Prairie Penny-cress (Thlaspi californicum).
Walker, Kevin; Robinson, Linda // Endangered Species Update; Nov/Dec2002, Vol. 19 Issue 6, Endangered Species... p43Proposes the designation of a critical habitat for the Kneeland Prairie penny-cress or Thlaspi californicum in Humboldt County, California. Threats to the plant's population.
- AT YOUR FEET: ENDANGERED ENDEMIC FLORA OF TASMANIA.
Black, Lauren // Wildlife Australia; Spring2003, Vol. 40 Issue 3, p16Features endangered endemic flora in Tasmania. Habitats; Characteristics; Distribution.
- Safeguarding the Seeds of a Nation.
Wexler, Mark // National Wildlife (World Edition); Jun/Jul2005, Vol. 43 Issue 4, p6Introduces a series of articles about environmental protection, including the preservation of endangered wildflowers.
- Genetic diversity in tetraploid populations of the endangered daisy Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides and implications for its conservation.
Brown, Anthony H. D.; Young, Andrew G. // Heredity; Aug2000, Vol. 85 Issue 2, p122Polyploidy is an important variable in assessing the genetics of endangered plant species. Species consisting of populations with different chromosome numbers pose questions as to the mode of inheritance, relative variability status, population divergence and gene flow. The self-incompatible...
- Rare delight.
Brown, Anthony H. D.; Young, Andrew G. // Horticulture Week; 6/5/2008, p11A photograph of the Burghbad Sanctuary along with highlights on its endangered and extinct plants is presented.
- Threat to medicinal plants of Kumaon Himalaya.
Tripathi, Mayank // Current Science (00113891); 11/25/2007, Vol. 93 Issue 10, p1339A letter to the editor is presented that looks at the decrease in number of threatened plant species in Kumaon Himalaya.
- AGAVE-CACTUS HYBRID.
Schmid, Rudolf // BioScience; Jul/Aug85, Vol. 35 Issue 7, p395Presents a letter to the editor about L.Fox's article on endangered plant species in the May 1985 issue.
- Saving the ginseng (and other vulnerable plants).
Sheffer, Vanna // Countryside & Small Stock Journal; May/Jun2003, Vol. 87 Issue 3, p20Enumerates plants that are at risk of extinction, such as the American ginseng.
- The World's Different Types of Endangered Species.
Sheffer, Vanna // Scholastic DynaMath; Apr2011, Vol. 29 Issue 7, p5The article presents the percentage of the world's different types of endangered species and offers questions involving the result.
- Fire History of Montana de Oro State Park.
Ward, David Jefford // Conservation Ecology (11955449); 2003, Vol. 7 Issue 1, pN.PAGPresents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Are Long Fire-Free Periods Needed to Maintain the Endangered, Fire-Recruiting Shrub Arctostaphylos morroensis (Ericaceae)?," by D. Odion and C. Tyler in the 2000 issue.
- Money to burn.
Pain, Stephanie // New Scientist; 05/16/98, Vol. 158 Issue 2134, p23Reports that the loss of endangered species of plants in the United States may cost money. Study to put a price on the vanishing vegetation; Research conducted by Brien Meilleur and Oliver Phillips; Uses of various endangered plants; Market figure of the loss of these plants.
- Road vs. Maryland's oldest trees.
Pain, Stephanie // Earth Island Journal; Fall96, Vol. 11 Issue 4, p12Reports on Maryland Governor Parris Glendening's plan to build a $10 billion, 18-mile Inter-County Connector (ICC) through the heart of Montgomery County which is home to a majority of endangered plants in the state. Significance of the ICC's construction for the plant ecology in the area.
- Hawaii's lost treasures.
Pain, Stephanie // American Nurseryman; 10/15/95, Vol. 182 Issue 8, p14Reports on the extinction of the native plants of Hawaii. Number of extinct and endangered plants in the islands; Observations made by Judy Nii of R&S Nii Nursery on the issue.
- Red list rhodos.
Pain, Stephanie // Garden; Aug2011, Vol. 136 Issue 8, p510The article reports that 36 species of Rhododendrons are critically endangered according to a 2011 conservation survey by the Botanic Gardens Conservation International and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Scotland.
- Last refuges for England's rarest.
Pain, Stephanie // Garden; Apr2011, Vol. 136 Issue 4, p219The article reports on Natural England's discovery of five protected wildlife sites in England, which are vital to the survival of some of the country's critically endangered plants including Derbyshire feather-moss, hoary rock-rose and Teesdale sandwort.
- Endangered plants key to food supply.
Pain, Stephanie // Garden; Apr2011, Vol. 136 Issue 4, p220The article discusses a report about the direct link between endangered plants and the world's food supply.
- Redgums on the Way Out.
Luntz, Stephen // Australasian Science; Oct2002, Vol. 23 Issue 9, p7Reports on a research which discovered that river redgums in Victoria's Wimmera district are endangered. Threat to the trees; Description of the Albacutya redgum; Environmental implications of the situation.
- Scotts Valley Polygonum (Polygonum hickmanii).
Luntz, Stephen // Endangered Species Bulletin; Jan/Feb2002, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p26Focuses on the endangered plant Scotts Valley polygonum in Santa Cruz County, California.
- Ventura Marsh Milk-vetch (Astragalus pycnostachyus var. lanosissimus).
Luntz, Stephen // Endangered Species Bulletin; Jan/Feb2002, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p26Focuses on the endangered astragalus plant Ventura Marsh milk-vetch in Ventura County, California. Date of rediscovery of the plant; Features of the plant; Information on the continuing reduction of the astragalus.
- Hawaiian Plants.
Luntz, Stephen // Endangered Species Bulletin; Jan/Feb2002, Vol. 27 Issue 1, p30Focuses on the critical habitat designated for endangered or threatened plants in the islands of Hawaii.
- Endangered plants.
Hammond, D.S. // New Scientist; 2/16/91, Vol. 129 Issue 1756, p2Presents a letter to the editor of 'New Scientist' magazine, about the need for greater emphasis on endangered plants.
- ADOPT A SEED.
Hammond, D.S. // Australian Horticulture; Sep2010, p20The article offers information on the Save a Species campaign which offers individuals or groups the opportunity to help fund a seed conservation program in Australia.
- A good year for peregrines.
Hammond, D.S. // Discover; Jan2000, Vol. 21 Issue 1, p66Cites animal and plant species that were entered and removed from the United States Fish and Wildlife and National Marine Fisheries Services' list of endangered species.
- Dealer dealt with.
Hammond, D.S. // New Scientist; 6/8/91, Vol. 130 Issue 1772, p19Reveals that an orchid smuggler in Hong Kong was sentenced to six months in jail last week for trading in endangered plants. Third conviction of Hsu She-hua.
- Medicinal Plant to Be On Endangered List.
Hammond, D.S. // India -- West; 4/20/2012, Vol. 37 Issue 22, pA44The article provides information on plans of the Kerala State Biodiversity board to tag the plant specie known for its anti-cancer alkaloid components Nothapodytes nimmoniana as the rare, endangered and threatened variety.
- Wild orchids thrive in 2012.
Hammond, D.S. // Orchid Review; Sep2012, Vol. 120 Issue 1299, p137The article reports on the significant growth of the critically endangered species red helleborine, Cephalanthera rubra, at one of its three known sites in Great Britain, with emphasis on the management measures to conserve the species including scrub control and leaf litter removal.
- A NEW NATIVE PLANT FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE, TRICHOPHORUM PLANIFOLIUM (CYPERACEAE).
HOY, JOANN // Rhodora; 2011, Vol. 113 Issue 955, p351The article offers information on the Trichophorum planifolium plant which is native to eastern North America which has been found in Merrimack, New Hampshire. The plant occurs in mesic to dry hardwood forests including oaks. It is listed as endangered in Vermont and in New Hamphsire. The...
- Fringed campion--back from the brink.
Bender, Steve // Southern Living; Jun94, Vol. 29 Issue 6, p86Reports on the comeback of the endangered plant fringed campion. Geographic distribution; Endangered status raised by the National Heritage Inventory of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources; Flowers, flowering time and soil type needs; Tolerance to cold.
- Book reviews: Grades 3-6.
Levin, Sharon // School Library Journal; Jul92, Vol. 38 Issue 7, p85Reviews the books `Endangered Plants,' by Elaine Landau and `Carnivorous Plants,` by Nancy J. Nielson.
